Arabic Diptotes

Introduction –مُقَدِّمَةٌ

In this lesson we will learn the following In-Shā’-Allâh (God-willing):
- We will learn about the words which do not have tanwīn i.e.: double Vowel sign in any case. These types of words are called Diptotes in English and اَلْمَمْنُوعُ مِنَ الصَّرْفِ in Arabic. There are many reasons that will cause a word to fall under the classification of a diptote. Examples are listed below along with their reason for falling under this classification:

English	Reason for not having Tanwīn	Arabic
Fatima (name)	Feminine Proper nouns do not have Tanwīn	فَاطِمَةُ
Hasnaa (name)	Feminine Proper nouns do not have Tanwīn	حَسْنَاءُ
Hamda (name)	Feminine Proper nouns do not have Tanwīn	حَمْدَى
Hamza (name)	Masculine Proper nouns ending in “Tā’ Marbūŧah” do not have Tanwīn	حَمْزَةُ
Anwar (name)	Masculine Proper nouns on pattern of أَفْعَلُ do not have Tanwīn	أَنْوَرُ
Black	Adjectives on the pattern of أَفْعَلُ do not have Tanwīn	أَسْوَدُ
Thirsty	Adjectives on the pattern of فَعْلاَنُ do not have Tanwīn	عَطْشَانُ
Pakistan	Non-Arabic Proper nouns do not have Tanwīn	بَاكِسْتَانُ